GUATEMALA. Tecun Uman. 2 November, 2018.
Salvadorian migrants arrive in the Guatemalan border town of Tecun Uman, along the Guatemala-Mexico border, as they make their way north in a "migrant caravan" of about 2000 Salvadorian migrants. On October 3, a so-called "Migrant Caravan" of about 1,500 Hondurans left the city of San Pedro Sula, Honduras, and on 31 October a similar caravan of Salvadorans left San Salvador. The migrants on both caravans fled from the violence, lack of opportunities and political repression in their country, they are on their way to the southern U.S. border with the hope of seeking asylum in the United States. On October 19, the caravan reached the border between Guatemala and Mexico. After tension and harassment they finally entered the Mexican territory. By then the caravan included other Central American migrants and had grown to more than 7,000 people according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM). It is now making its way through the state of Oaxaca where they have been sleeping on the streets and other improvised shelters provided by the local governments inside the different towns they have reached. The journey continues as they head toward their final destination, the USA/Mexican border.